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ADF STAFF Depression-related cases have increased by 24% in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to financial services provider Discovery Health, which handles claims for 2.7 million people. Similarly, heart attack…

ADF STAFF Like a master hacker, the COVID-19 virus is continually changing its tactics to find the one that will help it slip past human immunity and create new infections. Every infection is a new opportunity for the virus to refine its…

ADF STAFF A strain of COVID-19 circulating in nearly two dozen countries has scientists concerned that it may be the next mutation to spread globally after the BA.5 strain of omicron. The strain, officially known as BA.2.75, has been…

ADF STAFF Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, research into treatment has focused largely on addressing the worst-case scenarios of the disease: hospitalization and death. Now, scientists are turning their attention toward drug treatments…

ADF STAFF As COVID-19’s omicron subvariants persistently sicken people around the world, researchers have identified several common symptoms in young and middle-aged adults. After a late November 2021 outbreak in Oslo, Norway,…

ADF STAFF COVID-19 cases reported in Africa dropped by 46% over a one-week stretch in early August, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). By late August, global COVID-19 cases had dropped by 24% over a one-week period. WHO…

ADF STAFF Five days has become the recommended time for people infected with COVID-19 to isolate themselves before returning to their normal routines. But new research suggests that that period might be too short to keep people from…

ADF STAFF Animals and people who have suffered chronic COVID-19 infections may be causing new coronavirus variants to surface. But that’s no reason to panic, experts say. Chronic COVID-19 is rare and has been reported only in…

ADF STAFF Nigerian health officials are warning that a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections could be building in the country after a sharp increase in new cases in recent weeks. According to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and…

ADF STAFF With the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the omicron variant spreading rapidly around the world, scientists agree the viruses are more transmissible than their predecessors. What’s unclear, however, is just how quickly they are…